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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1907
Page
2
Dr. H G Dailey Veterinary Surgeon and Dentist offers modern treatment for all domestic animal diseases with free examinations. 24 hour calls promised for prompt care. Also mentions Cade's Little Liver Pills and Kendal's Laxative at Krieger's Drug Store with whimsical winter references.
Adi match from Cleveland notes that Wooster and Denison universities have applied for membership in the Ohio Athletic Conference, the Big Six. They argue both schools have followed the conference rules except for one Denison incident, and hope admission could precede broader acceptance.
Prof Ballon leaves the station staff to accept the chief inspector role at the State Board of Agriculture overseeing orchards and workyards in the capital. He has spent three years with the department, earned a strong reputation among nursery and orchard men, and will reside in Newark, Ohio.
E S Landes, a realty agent, sold several properties including The Geo Law property on North Grant Street to Matilda Bahl the Mc Ewen property along the electric line to Mrs S Kauffman the Wright property on North Grant Street to Mrs M Bahl and a property on East South Tree Street.
$100 reward offered for proof of a catarrh cure. Advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure treats the constitutional disease by cleansing the blood and supporting the body's constitution. Promises testimonials and urges readers to buy from local druggists. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Wooster crowds expect a lively basketball event as the Mascillon Tigers meet Co D at the armory tonight. Meanwhile local news notes include a U S pension case plea in Cleveland, high school enrollment figures, public square gas leak repairs, and various regional incidents and appointments.
Orrville will launch a daily newspaper this spring in connection with the Crescent. Advertisements tout remedies such as Burdock Blood Bitters, Kodol, Pine Salve, Foley’s Honey and Tar, and Preventics. Local druggists promote these products alongside the promotional notice for the new paper.
The dispute centers on John C. Chesrown of Shreve claiming capital to build a Wooster to Mt Vernon traction line. Chesrown contends he holds most right of way and stock control, while Collier resists, but a new company including Dever of Mt Vernon and Dr J F Lehrentz asserts work will start within 60 days and no dock sale will occur.
A local note foresees spring signs and floods around May 10. Traders speak of an impending circus visit by the Cole Brothers, an established aggregation of good size. The show will travel from Wooster to Akron and then to Cleveland from Akron.
A man identifying himself as John FE Hughes was brought to Wooster by Railroad Detective Castor after breaking into a car at Sterling and stealing totes coats. Castor and bystanders pursued Hughes near the track. he was captured as farmers cut wood, bound over on $400 bail, and jailed for lack of funds.
The General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church debates venue for its next quadrennial session. Baltimore is proposed as the host city in May 1908, with the city’s standing and Southern hospitality noted as a favorable factor for delegates.
A fragment advertising Buck Lee's Archa Salve promising quick cures for burns sores wounds and piles credited to Charles Walters of Allegheny Sierra Co and promoting Dr Shoop's Cough Cure as a safe non narcotic option under the Pure Food and Drug Law with local druggists Bixler's Modern Pharmacy and Krieger's Drug Store named.
A chaotic clipping blends a prank at a Loudonville bank with courtroom banter and local observations. A Chestown lookalike joke ends when a revolver is revealed, jurors question circumstantial evidence, and Attorney Barry White emphasizes his life case. Interspersed are store conversations, real estate chatter, a charity lecture in Richmond, and ads for Hood’s Sarsaparilla and medical tonics.
Hobson praised for conversation while Ashtabula council votes to sell the municipal electric plant to the highest bidder. Plant began in 189% with construction costs rising. $89,000 written off as loss, about $30,000 of which is total loss from neglect. Moonlight operations kept costs high, averaging over $100 annually.
The record covers matters heard and pending with appointments as administrator and adminstratrix for multiple estates. It notes bonds, inventories, appraisements, and orders for deed or sale, with names such as Joseph Gallagher, Ketella AD Jordon, George J. Shwartz, Charles M. Gray, C D Swan, David McAfee, and others, plus county treasury appointments and reported actions.
A.B. Tyee received a dispatch from C. A. Andrus of Nighthawk Washington reporting a rich silver ore ledge 12 feet wide cut in the Little Chopaca mine formerly the Six Eagles. The main ledge was dug at 2000 feet in a tunnel over 1000 feet below the mountain top after revival of work halted by funds. The property is sister to the Raby mine, both once owned by J. M. Bager ty.
Marshall Drnpsball detained in Orrville after he jailed Thomas Blaine a vagrant. Blaine arrested last Wednesday for entering Wilson McConnell residence charged with housebreaking no property recovered bound over to court on $300 bond. Sheriff Caskey during examination found Blaine alive with virgin and had clothing burned and replaced after a bath to remove crust and Dintody material.
In Wayne County Court of Common Pleas petitioners led by women stockholders request the appointment of a receiver for the old Wooster Gas Co. to wind up affairs, seize property and books, and protect assets not sold to the new company. A. D. Metz represents the petitioners.
The quadrennial weighing of the mail to secure data for four years of contracts started this morning and will continue for four months. Special government employees will weigh mails on railroad trains. Mail weighers in this section on the Pennsylvania line will depart from Alliance and Crestline.
An old public notice style column explains kidney trouble and how to test for it. It advises using a filled bottle or common glass to observe sediment after twenty four hours as a sign kidneys are out of order. The tone mimics a health warning urging readers to check kidney function.
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